"Homeplace"

      In the essay "Homeplace" by Scott Russell Sanders, Sanders talks about how "psychologists tell us that we answer trouble with one of two impulses either fight or flight"(339). Sanders talks about how as humans we decide to either station ourselves in a particular place or we allow ourselves to explore the world. As people we don't let are minds expand by staying in the same place which is reflecting in the the way we treat our enviroment. We have choices yet we choose to standby when one of the greatest things we are capable of is make change. According to Sanders we only have ourselves to blame for destroying the world, he says that in the furture people "will demand to know how we could have been party to such a waste and ruin"(343) meaning we see things going down hill yet we do nothing to change that. Sanders points that as a race we have a lack of commitment to a certain place which can be both good and bad. On the bad going place to place shows our lack of commitment and how we as a race don't confront our problems. On the good side moving so much allows a person to expand and gain a better awareness of the world.
      This essay was interesting, I thought it was very true about humans that we either to chose to fight or flight and thats what in a way defines us as individuals. We all chose to interpret the world around us in a different way so I think Sanders essay is really a matter of opinion. I liked how he talked about the human race destroying the world, I think that is true and that since this is our home we should do more to take care of it. The American society needs to be more greatful to everything they are given and that is something I think we take for granted.